Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 - Starting the Thinkserver Easystartup Program

•Abilitytoinstalltheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime
•Providesdevicedriversbasedontheservermodelanddetecteddevices
•DownloadsdevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDaccordingtotheoperatingsystem
•Selectablepartitionsizeandfilesystemtype
•AbilitytocreateareuseableresponsefilethatcanbeusedwithsimilarlyconfiguredLenovoserversto
makefutureinstallationsfaster
StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.Afteryoustartthe
programandenterthemaininterface,clickUserGuidefordetailedinformationabouthowtousethis
programtohelpyouconfiguretheserverandinstallanoperatingsystem.
TostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,dothefollowing:
1.InserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintoanopticaldrive,settheopticaldriveasthefirststartup
device,andstartyourserverfromtheDVDintheopticaldrive.See“Selectingastartupdevice”on
page25
.
2.Waitfortheprogramtoload.Then,youwillbepromptedforthefollowingselections:
•Thelanguageinwhichyouwanttoviewtheprogram
•Thelanguageofthekeyboardlayoutyouwillbeusingwiththeprogram
Note:ThesupportedlanguagesandkeyboardlayoutsfortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramare
Dutch,English,French,German,Italian,Japanese,Russian,Spanish,andTurkish.YourThinkServer
EasyStartupDVDmightbeEnglishonly.Inthiscase,thekeyboardlayoutshouldbeEnglish.
3.Afterselectingthelanguageandkeyboardlayout,clickOK.Then,youwillseeoneormoremessages
aboutconfiguringstoragedevices.ClickNextuntilyouarepresentedwiththeLenovoLicense
Agreement.ReadtheLenovoLicenseAgreementcarefully.Inordertocontinue,youmustacceptthe
termsbyclickingAgree.Then,theDateandtimewindowopens.
4.SetthecurrentdateandtimeandclickOK.TheStartoptionwindowopens.
5.TheStartoptionwindowprovidesthefollowingselections:
•Continuetothemaininterface.
•Installtheoperatingsystemusingapreexistingresponsefile.
Readtheexplanationsonthescreenandselectadesiredoption.Then,followtheinstructionsonthe
screen.IfthisisthefirsttimeyouareusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,selecttheoptionto
continuetothemaininterfaceandviewthecompatibilitynotesanduserguide.
Notes:
•FunctionalityandsupportedoperatingsystemsvarydependingontheversionoftheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram.Fromthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,clickCompatibilitynotestoviewthe
informationabouttheoperatingsystemsandserverconfigurationssupportedbythespecificversionof
theprogram;andclickUserGuidetoviewthevariousfunctionsandlearnhowtousetheprogram.
•BeforeusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoinstallanoperatingsystem,ensurethatanyexternal
storagedevicesandfiberchannelsareconfiguredcorrectly.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogrammaininterfaceprovidesthefollowingmenusontheleftpaneof
thescreen:
•Home
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